unisex name

Salia

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 489

Salia is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 90% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2000, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1962.

Salia over time

Births per decade in France, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Salia by decade in France
Decade Births
1960s 25
1970s 25
1980s 30
1990s 50
2000s 90
2010s 60
2020s (to 2025) 30

How popular is Salia?

In 2025, Salia was given to 10 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Salia is used

England & Wales #4,249 3 in 1997
France #5,398 10 in 2025
United States #11,039 8 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Salia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Salia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Salia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Salia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Salia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Salia

How popular is the name Salia?

In 2025, Salia was given to 10 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Salia a girl's or a boy's name?

Salia is used for both girls and boys. About 90% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Salia most popular?

Salia peaked in 2000, when 15 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Salia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Salia currently ranks #5,398 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.